What is the point of taking probiotics and antibiotics at the same time?

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I work at a doctors office and when I’m reading chart notes, I see a lot that someone gets prescribed antibiotics, and the doctors will always write in there to take probiotics at the same time.

Wouldn’t it make more sense to take the probiotic AFTER finishing the antibiotic course? Because I would think that taking them both would be pointless, because the antibiotics would immediately kill the probiotics that you just took… right?

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Because a course of antibiotics will destroy not knly the bad bacteria causing your illness, but also your gut bacteria. The health of your gut is important for your overall hralth.

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